COALING, Alabama -- A man was shot at a hunting camp on Clements Road early Saturday after a suspect hunting hogs possibly mistook the victim for an animal, according to the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit.

About 1 a.m., Tuscaloosa deputies responded to a reported shooting at the hunting club off Clements Road. The victim, a 26-year-old man, was taken to DCH Regional Medical Center with a single gunshot wound to the groin area and then went into surgery.

Police said the suspect, a 36-year-old man, had been out hunting hogs when he shot the victim. Investigators believe the suspect possibly thought he was shooting at an animal and not a person.

The victim and suspect both had permission to be at the hunting club, police said.

Investigators recovered the firearm with which the victim was shot. No foul play is suspected. The suspect has been released, pending further investigation.